Afan Surname
Approximately 9,370 people bear this surname
Afan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,960 | 1:67,474 | 7,293 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Philippines | 1,253 | 1:80,797 | 13,980 |
| Nigeria | 1,082 | 1:163,718 | 10,236 |
| Pakistan | 673 | 1:265,444 | 5,855 |
| Spain | 625 | 1:74,803 | 6,562 |
| Cameroon | 493 | 1:42,128 | 5,599 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| India | 272 | 1:2,820,093 | 86,413 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Turkey | 155 | 1:502,074 | 28,545 |
| Peru | 155 | 1:205,059 | 9,371 |
| United States | 135 | 1:2,684,881 | 161,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 113 | 1:81,082 | 7,365 |
| Mauritania | 72 | 1:56,873 | 4,043 |
| Iran | 63 | 1:1,218,770 | 52,259 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Algeria | 57 | 1:677,747 | 40,257 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Tanzania | 23 | 1:2,301,809 | 48,176 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Afán (26) are calculated separately.
Afan (7,074) may also be a first name.
Afan Demographics
Average Afan Salary in
United States
$48,086 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afan (Arabic: يفعان, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻔﺎﻥ, Hindi: आफान, Marathi: अफ़ान, Russian: Афан) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Afán. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afan? popularity and diffusion
Afan is the 54,320th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 777,753 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Afan reside; 35 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 26 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 77,036th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 7,074 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,960 people, or 1 in 67,474. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 42 percent reside, Aceh, where 26 percent reside and Central Java, where 15 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 60 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 15 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.
Afan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Afan last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Afan earn in different countries varies marginally. In Italy they earn 13% more than the national average, earning €33,934 per year; in Peru they earn 11.09% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,535 per year; in United States they earn 11.44% more than the national average, earning $48,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.63% more than the national average, earning $57,446 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afan in the Marathi language | ||
| अफ़ान | afana | - |
| Afan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻔﺎﻥ | fan | 96.15 |
| ﺍﻟﻌﻔﻦ | alfn | 3.85 |
| Afan in the Hindi language | ||
| आफान | aphana | 53.76 |
| अफान | aphana | 45.7 |
| अफ़ान | afana | 0.54 |
| Afan in the Russian language | ||
| Афан | afan | - |
| Afan in the Arabic language | ||
| يفعان | yfan | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Afan
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